This week in the box office: Universal rides into a record-breaking debut while also being the lone holdover in the top five.

OPENING WEEKENDS

Ride Along

Ride Along debuted in first place with $41.5 million ($48.6 million three-day). That's the number one opening weekend in January history beating out Cloverfield's $40 million debut in 2008. Over the MLK weekend. it also topped Cloverfield's $46.1 million making it the biggest debut in the weekend's history (although Avatar made $54.4 million in its fifth weekend making it the biggest MLK movie with Ride Along and Cloverfield in second and third respectively). Ride Along is expected to make a little over $135 million domestically which far exceeds its $25 million budget. If Ride Along reaches that mark, then this will be a pretty big hit for Universal.

Ride Along had a budget of $25 million and currently has the $48.6 million total.

The Nut Job

The Nut Job debuted in third place with $19.4 million ($25.7 million three-day). The film is expected to do a little under $70 million domestically which passes its $42 million budget. The film could do pretty good business for Open Road Films if foreign markets pull in some decent cash.

The Nut Job had a $42 million budget and currently has the $25.7 million so far.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit debuted in fourth place with $15.4 million ($18 million three-day). That's the worst opening for a Jack Ryan film yet, coming below The Hunt for Red October's $17.1 million. Shadow Recruit is expected to make a little over $50 million domestically, which doesn't even cover its $60 million budget. Foreign markets will have to do some major business (which has only happened in the Jack Ryan series with Patriot Games where the foreign markets did a teeny bit better than domestic ($94.7 million vs. $83.3 million)) for Shadow Recruit to be any kind of success for Paramount.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit had a $60 million budget and currently has $40.2 million worldwide.

Devil's Due

Devil's Due debuted in seventh place with $8.3 million ($9.1 million three-day). The horror flick is expecting (pun intended) a little over $25 million domestically, which exceeds its $7 million budget. It won't be a huge success for Fox, but they'll make some cash off of it (especially with foreign markets included).

Devil's Due had a $7 million budget and currently has $11.6 million worldwide.

SECOND WEEKENDS

Lone Survivor dropped from first to second making $25.9 million. That's a fantastic 35.1% holdover but came a little expected with the film's incredible "A+" CinemaScore. Lone Survivor had a $40 million budget and currently has $76.7 million worldwide.

August: Osage County dropped from seventh to eighth place making $7.3 million. That's up 2.9% from last weekend which is due to the film adding over 1,000 theaters this weekend. The CinemaScore is unknown for the film but it's receiving mixed reviews from critics (58 on Metacritic) and decent reviews from the audience (7.2 from Metacritic). August: Osage County had an unknown budget but currently has $25.7 million worldwide.

Her went from 11th to 10th place with $4 million. That's only a 25.1% drop which is absolutely fantastic especially with the weak "B-" CinemaScore. Her had an unknown budget but she currently has $15.8 million worldwide. (REVIEW)

The Legend of Herculesdropped from third to 13th place making $3.3 million. That's an awful 61.7% drop but came a little expected with the "B-" CinemaScore. The Legend of Hercules had a $70 million budget and currently has $16.8 million worldwide.

Inside Llewyn Davisdropped from 15th to 21st place with $1 million. That's a 46.6% drop from last weekend which is a little weak with the fantastic reviews from critics (92 on Metacritic) and pretty good reviews from the audience (7.5 on Metacritic). There's no CinemaScore for this film. Inside Llewyn Davis had an unknown budget and currently has $11.2 million worldwide. (REVIEW)

The Counselor left theaters after opening on October 25. The thriller had a $25 million budget and made $68.4 million worldwide. Fox probably made some cash off the flick but not enough to make the movie a real success. The Blu-ray comes out February 11.

Black Nativity

Black Nativity left theaters after opening on November 27. The musical had a $17.5 million budget and only made $7 million worldwide. Fox Searchlight certainly took a hit with this one (although nothing too major). There's no Blu-ray release date yet.

Believe

Believe left theaters after opening on December 25. The documentary had a $5 million budget and made $6.2 million worldwide. This is a huge step down from Never Say Never which made $99 million worldwide (the movie made $12.3 million opening day which is more than Believe made in its whole run). Open Road Films lost a little bit of money on this one but nothing too bad thanks to the low budget. I just wouldn't expect another Justin Bieber documentary anytime soon (or ever). There's no Blu-ray release date yet.

That's it for this weekend in the box office. Did you see any movies this weekend? Are you happy with how much the departed movies made? Comment below and be sure to come back next week where we'll see how well I, Frankenstein performs in its debut.

Despicable Me 2 debuted in first place with $83.5 million ($143 million 5-day as the film opened on Wednesday July 3). That easily tops the original Despicable Me's $56.3 million opening in 2010. Despicable Me 2's $83.5 million opening ranks seventh all time for July with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 still in the lead with $169.1 million. For Independence Day openings, Despicable Me 2 ranks third behind Spider-Man 2's opening of $88.1 million ($152.4 million 5-day) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon's opening of $97.8 million ($162.6 million 6-day). Despicable Me 2 also has the seventh biggest PG opening with Shrek the Third still in the lead with $121.6 million. With a fantastic "A" CinemaScore, Despicable Me 2 will kick some serious box office butt but will face competition in a couple of weeks when Turbo opens on Wednesday July 17. Despicable Me 2 had a budget of $76 million and currently has $294.1 million worldwide.

Despicable Me 2 is a box office success.

#2 - The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger debuted in second place with $29.2 million ($48.7 million 5-day). Disney was doing great with its 2013 releases (Monsters University, Iron Man 3, and Oz the Great and Powerful) but there's always a failure in every family. John Carter was Disney's big bomb last year which debuted to $30.1 million but a better comparison would be last year's Cowboys & Aliens which debuted to $36.4 million on July 29 and ended up with $174.8 million worldwide. The Lone Ranger will probably see a similar fate. The movie does have a really great "B+" CinemaScore and doesn't face any real Western competition until A Million Ways to Die in the West which opens on May 30, 2014, but the odds of Lone Ranger being a success is zero to none. Don't worry Disney, your next Pirates of the Caribbean will come sooner or later. The Lone Ranger had a budget of $215 million and currently has $73 million worldwide.

The Heat dropped from second to third with $24.7 million. That's only a 36.7% drop from last weekend which is a great holdover especially for the Summer season. With a pretty fantastic "A-" CinemaScore, the film will definitely kick some butt and doesn't face any direct competition until R.I.P.D. opens in theaters in a couple of weeks on July 19. The Heat had a budget of $43 million and currently has $92.3 million worldwide.

The Heat is a box office success.

#4 - Monsters University

Monsters University dropped from first to fourth with $19.7 million. That's a 56.8% drop from last weekend which isn't too good with the main reason being Despicable Me 2 being released. The original Monsters, Inc. performed better in its third weekend with $22.7 million all the way back in 2001. Monsters U still has a fantastic "A" CinemaScore but with Despicable Me 2 already in theaters and Turbo coming out in a couple of weeks, Monsters University will have a difficult time making some more cash. Monsters University had an unknown budget and currently has $400.6 million worldwide.

World War Z dropped from third to fifth place making $18.4 million. That's an impressive 38.2% holdover as the film is in its third weekend, only has a "B+" CinemaScore, and faced competition with White House Down and 3D competition with Despicable Me 2. Pacific Rim will kick its zombie butt this weekend taking away more 3D and more of the action audience but World War Z should be patting itself on the back for its much better than expected performance. World War Z had a budget of $190 million and currently has $366.3 million worldwide.

Life of Pi FINALLY left theaters this weekend. The film opened all the way back on November 21, 2012 making this the last 2012 movie to leave theaters. Ang Lee's adventure had a $120 million budget and made $609 million worldwide making Life of Pi a box office success. The movie's been available on 3D and 2D Blu-ray since March 12.

The Big Wedding took longer than expected to leave theaters after opening back on April 29. The star-studded "comedy" had a budget of $35 million and made $21.8 million domestically. The Big Wedding is a big box office failure and will be available on Blu-ray on August 13.

That's it for this weekend in the box office. Did you see any movies this weekend? Are you happy with how much the departed movies made? Comment below and be sure to come back in a couple of weeks (I won't be here next week) when we talk about The Conjuring, R.I.P.D., Red 2, and Turbo.